By: Matt Markey (ToledoBlade.com) — COLUMBUS — After embattled Ohio State coach Jim Tressel sits before the NCAA’s infractions committee in August, that group of administrators, academics, and legal minds is expected to deliberate for two or three months before deciding Tressel’s punishment.

Based on the reaction of a group of prominent past Buckeyes to the tattoo and memorabilia scandal that has ballooned into the potential end of Tressel’s tenure at Ohio State, Tressel is better off facing that NCAA committee than these OSU football alums.

Former Ohio State standouts Chris Spielman, Kirk Herbstreit, and Robert Smith, all commentators for ESPN, have addressed the issue on that network in the past couple of days. Even though they have been proudly draped in scarlet and gray in their past, the trio has taken a harsh look at Tressel’s future.

“I don’t know that there’s a way to recover from this,” Smith said.

Tressel has admitted to not being honest with his superiors or the NCAA regarding his prior knowledge of…..

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